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March 12, 2018
Diagnostic and treatment advances are helping patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy—one of nine major types of muscular dystrophy that affects males—live into their 30s and beyond, raising challenges in such areas as education, vocation, levels of independence, personal relationships, emotional…
March 02, 2018
On Saturday, March 3, between 12:01 a.m. and 4 p.m., Blackboard will undergo scheduled infrastructure maintenance. During this timeframe, Blackboard will be unavailable to the university community. For assistance with any technology product or service at Case Western Reserve, visit help.case.edu…
February 27, 2018
In a region defined by health care and humanities excellence, the third annual festival joins 25+ cultural institutions for a month of free events in Northeast Ohio—starting March 15 Health—and its absence—has inspired centuries of art and ingenuity. Exploring the unique role of health in human…
February 15, 2018
Students are invited to participate in the WISER Light Bulb Drop as part of the Engineers Week festivities. The event will be held Thursday, Feb. 22, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the lower level of Kelvin Smith Library. Students can build a team of two to three people and sign up online to…
February 12, 2018
In one of the first successes of its kind, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and six other institutions have inhibited the spreading of cancer cells from one part of the body to another. In doing so, they relied on a new model of how cancer metastasizes that…
January 17, 2018
Investigators at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center have developed a simple, swallowable test for early detection of Barrett's esophagus that offers promise for preventing deaths from esophageal…
December 06, 2017
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center organizes strategic meeting in Atlanta to plan next three to five years Researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine are focusing their efforts on adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer research.…
October 06, 2017
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. So each week of this month, University Technology’s ([U]Tech) Information Security Office will deliver tips, links, articles and more to help keep you cyber-secure. From the recent Equifax data breach to increased incidents of phishing attacks,…
May 31, 2017
Funding to propel studies across six institutions The National Cancer Institute recently awarded a $6 million grant to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to continue research on Barrett’s Esophagus, a potentially fatal condition associated…
March 07, 2017
Genetic mutations can increase a person's cancer risk, but other gene "enhancer" elements may also be responsible for disease progression, according to new research out of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. In a breakthrough study published in Nature Communications, scientists discovered changes…